The 3rd Intl. Workshop on NL-based Software Engineering
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QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OF EMPLOYEES (RESEARCH PROPOSAL)
1. A STUDY ON QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OF
EMPLOYEES
• ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. rer. pol Christos Evangelinos
DENNY VARGHESE
2. RESEARCH QUESTION 2
LITERATURE REVIEW 3
UNDERLYING FACTORS 4
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 5
RESULTS 6
LIMITATION 7
REFERENCES 8
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3. RESEARCH QUESTION
 RELATION OF QUALITY OF WORKLIFE AND
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
 WHICH ALL FACTOR’S ARE AFFECTING THE
QUALITY OF WORKLIFE OF EMPLOYEES ?
 WHICH FACTOR’S AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF
WORK LIFE THE MOST
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4. LITERATURE REVIEW
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF QWL CAN BE TRACED WAY BACK TO THE EARLIER
MANAGEMENT ERA. MANAGEMENT THEORIES SUCH AS FREDERICK TAYLOR
AND ELTON MAYO SUGGEST THAT HUMAN IS IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING
FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE
• THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT ON QWL IS FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE NEEDS
THEORY (MASLOW HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, HERZBERG’S TWO FACTOR THEORY,
AND ALDERFER’ ERG THEORY) AND SPILL OVER EFFECT (SIRGY EFRATY, SIEGEL
& LEE, 2001). THESE THEORIES SUGGEST THAT THE BASIC NEEDS OF
INDIVIDUAL SURFACE FROM TIME TO TIME AND THERE ARE SOME SPILLOVER
EFFECT TO THEIR PERSONAL LIFE AND FAMILY
• QUALITY WORK LIFE AMONG FACTORY WORKERS IN MALAYSIA SARINA
MUHAMAD NOOR* & MOHAMAD ADLI ABDULLAH
• WALTON (1974)- EVOLUTION OF QWL
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6. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
• NON PROBABILITY SAMPLING-CONVENIENCE SAMPLING
METHOD
• DATA OBTAINED BY QUESTIONAIRE & PERSONAL
INTERVIEW
• STATISTICAL TOOLS SUCH AS CORRELATION MAY BE USED
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7. RESULTS OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW
 THE RESULT SHOWS THAT JOB SATISFACTION, JOB INVOLVEMENT
AND JOB SECURITY HAS A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
QUALITY WORK LIFE
 MORE THE QWL MORE THE JOB SATISFACTION AND
PRODUCTIVITY OF EMPLOYEES
 HAVING QUALITY WORK LIFE LEADS TO A BETTER SOCIETY WITH
MORE INNOVATION AND SUCCESS.
 FACTORS SUCH AS PARTICIPATIVE DECISION MAKING CAN CREATE
A SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS
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8. LIMITATIONS
• LIMITATION OF QUESTIONNAIRE
• FACTORS OF QWL VARY FROM REGION TO REGION
• EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF WORKER’S IN ANSWERING
QUESTIONS
• THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIVING EXPENSES ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT
ON THE STUDY
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